Castro de Baroña

Celtic settlement Porto do Son, Galicia, Spain

What to expect

The Castro de Baroña is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in the parish of Baroña, a municipality of Porto do Son in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The settlement, surrounded by two walls and containing twenty roundhouses, was built on a peninsula and inhabited from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. The site is divided into four areas, with the first area featuring a construction that could have been a forge, and the second area separated by a retaining wall and featuring a group of houses. The town was self-sufficient, with evidence of metalwork, masonry, and textiles. The settlement's food sources were primarily from the sea, including shellfish and fish, as well as cattle, goats, sheep, and acorns

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This family's experience:

Activities: We explored the ruins of the Castro de Baroña, imagining the lives of the people who lived there in pre-Roman times

Highlights: The kids loved exploring the roundhouses and imagining what life was like for the people who lived there. The views from the hilltop were beautiful ✨